diff --git a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/init.cmd b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/init.cmd
index a74ca4bf13..10758df186 100755
--- a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/init.cmd
+++ b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/init.cmd
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 :init
 
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
 @REM Find the project basedir, i.e., the directory that contains the directory ".mvn".
 @REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
 
diff --git a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run
index 7e759437bb..55550eba5e 100755
--- a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run
+++ b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     LAUNCHER_JAR=`cygpath --path --windows "$LAUNCHER_JAR"`
 fi
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-
 exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   $MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS \
diff --git a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run.cmd b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run.cmd
index 99d999d508..e97216077a 100755
--- a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run.cmd
+++ b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run.cmd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   -classpath %LAUNCHER_JAR% ^
   %MAVENHOME_CONFIG% ^
   "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" ^
-  %MAVEN_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+  %MAVEN_LAUNCHER% %*
 if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
 goto end